• BREAKING General increase in the price of cigars in Cuban shops

    Imposed by Habanos SA on all distributors, the “world rates” have also applied in Cuban domestic market for a few days. The Cohiba Robustos is displayed at 63.15 USD, the Trinidad Vigia at 47.45 USD. Strong price increase also on the rest of the Habanos catalog. In accordance with what we announced exclusively on May […]

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    Habanos SA: turnover up 15% in 2021

    The Havana-based group announces $568 million in revenue in 2021 and promises an event for Cohiba’s 55th anniversary in Cuba in September. “The 2021 results confirm the solid path we are on, despite the crisis caused by Covid-19.”, said Luis Sanchez-Harguindey and Inocente Nuñez Blanco, Habanos SA’s co-president in a press release. Habanos SA posted […]

  • Cuba: Major fire in a tobacco warehouse

    A large-scale fire hit the tobacco storage facility in San Antonio de los Baños on Sunday morning, reports the Cuban daily Granma. According to a local newspaper, 1.8 tons of tobacco were lost, as well as crates used to store tobacco. The structure of the entire building and the furniture were also damaged, details Granma, […]

  • Former Habanos SA co-president Jorge Maique recruited in the Dominican Republic

    Jorge Luís Fernández Maique will become director of Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza. As we announced in L’ADC n°148 (currently available in French newsstands and on our online store), Jorge Maique, 57, takes over the management of Ernesto Pérez’s Tabacalera La Alianza (TLA), located in one the free zones of Santiago de Los Caballeros in […]

  • BREAKING Habanos SA cancels the 2022 Cuban cigar festival

    The official announcement should be made in the next few days. According to our sources in Cuba, Habanos S.A. has just decided to cancel the Festival del Habano which was to be held in the Cuban capital at the end of February 2022. The information is not yet official, but it seems that the health […]

  • Festival 2022: Habanos SA is waiting for a political greenlight

    The date is set and preparations continue. But the organizers are waiting for the green light from the Cuban government. Preparations for the 23rd Festival del Habano are well underway. As we announced on October 27, the dates (February 21-25, 2022) have already been decided and Habanos SA continues to make every effort to ensure […]